A Silent Cry (Klance) [Under Editing]

ch 4: after school

Lance waited at the bus stop waiting for his stepfather to pick him up. It had started raining as soon as school ended.

School had ended an hour ago, and yet he was still waiting, he sat on the concrete floor leaning against the school's brick wall the sun was setting and it was staring to get cold. He pulled the thin brown jacket he wore closer against his body and hugged himself, his fingers were freezing and stiff.

He froze when he heard footsteps from afar and quickly got up to his feet he grabbed his backpack and slung it over his shoulder, he leaned further against the wall and waited holding onto his backpack tight and ready to swing if he needed any defense. The steps approached and got closer, and closer, and then someone appeared.

Lance sighed in relief, but he had startled the person and they flinched, they locked eyes and before he knew it Lance was hit with a rather strong blow. He fell to his knees and dropped his head, a stream of warm blood trickled from his nose. "Oh crap! What the hell Lance!?" Keith yelled and quickly kneeled to the ground.  "Pick your head up idiot." He took Lance's face in his hands and lifted it, they both stared at each other.

Lance shivered as soon as he took notice of how cold Keith's hands were and also noticed how he was soaked. "Don't look at me like that, I was just trying to get away from the rain I'm no creep." He stated with a frown, Lance rolled his eyes and wiped away the blood from his upper lip. "Crap I'm sorry really, does it hurt?" Keith asked worriedly.

Lance shook his head in response, he had gotten used to the pain a long time ago. "Alright, just keep your head up." Keith demanded still holding Lance's face, his fingers intertwined within Lance's soft brown locks. "Dude what are you still doing here anyways?" He asked curiously, Lance frowned and looked at the parking lot and drop off driveway. "You waiting for someone to pick you up?" Keith questioned.

Lance nodded. "But it's already been like an hour." Keith stated Lance shrugged and slowly stood up. "Ah wait," Keith released him from the seemingly comfortable grasp and looked through his backpack he pulled out the first aid kit and handed Lance a couple of tissues. "Pinch your nose and look up, if you feel like it's done bleeding then you can stop." He explained.

Lance did as he was told and pinched his nose with the tissues Keith sighed in relief and leaned against the wall. "Do you live close by?" He asked curiously, Lance nodded. "Alright then." Keith shrugged off his jacket and threw it over the trembling teen in front of him. "Keep it on, you're shaking like a leaf." He demanded and looked up at the dark sky. "If we run we'll probably be able to escape the worse of the storm." He said and looked over at Lance who was hesitant to put on his jacket.

Keith frowned. "Just keep it over your head idiot." He sighed and pushed himself off the wall. "You'll have to lead the way, but make it quick I don't want to end up catching a cold." He said in a sharp tone, Lance nodded and removed the tissue from his nose, the blood had stopped gushing from his nose. "Good, now throw it away that's gross." Keith made a disgusted look.

Lance hastily threw away the tissue and walked into the rain catching Keith's attention. "Lead the way." Keith said and followed after Lance who began to jog taking cautious steps careful not to slip and fall. Keith noticed how Lance would nearly slip every now and then, and the way he swayed to one side made him worried, was Lance exhausted? Was Keith pushing him too hard?

Maybe making him run in the rain was a bit too much, especially with such cold weather. "Dammit." Keith muttered and caught up with Lance taking hold of his arm to steady him. "If you slip I'm not gonna carry you home." He stated between gritted teeth, he instantly regretted what he said as soon as he saw Lance's reaction.

There was a flash of pain, but then he tried to hide it by forcing on a smile and giving him a slight nod of the head as if to say he understood and was okay with Keith leaving him behind if he did end up slipping. That made Keith really upset knowing that Lance didn't care for himself enough he wanted to yell at Lance for even smiling at such a rude comment but he bit his tongue refusing to let his anger get the best of him.